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Florida motorists who drive a Hyundai Entourage minivan might want to contact their local dealer to investigate whether theirs is one of more than 15,000 vans in the United States that are being recalled. This recall pertains to an auto part in vehicles that were built from Feb. 16, 2006, through June 30, 2008, that can cause serious auto accidents and injuries if it fails.

No charges have yet been filed against a woman who allegedly caused a fatal accident on the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs on Nov. 17, but publicity is surrounding the fact that she tweeted about being drunk just hours before the collision. Two young women, aged 20 and 21, died as a result of the accident. The car accident occurred west of University Drive as the inebriated driver was apparently going the wrong way on

Florida motorists who drive Volkswagens and certain other imports may want to contact their local dealer to find out if their vehicle is among the 2.6 million being recalled worldwide by the Volkswagen Group of Frankfurt, Germany. A company news release did not specify how many of the recalled vehicles were in the United States. The automaker is issuing the recall because of defects in the electronic and drive systems. A good percentage of the

The Florida Highway Patrol was tasked with investigating a fatal accident that killed a 38-year-old Port Richey woman as a possible DUI manslaughter case. They said that another vehicle that was driven by a 21-year-old man, also of Port Richey, rear-ended the woman’s vehicle on northbound U.S. 19 in Holiday. The affected area of U.S. 19 was closed for approximately five hours as crews worked to clear debris from the road.

A fiery car accident took the life of a 38-year-old Port Richey woman on Nov. 11. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say that her car was rear-ended by another vehicle that they believe was traveling at speed of more than 100 mile per hour. The auto accident occurred on northbound U.S. 19 in New Port Richey at 3:17 a.m. The woman was pronounced dead about a half hour later at Trinity Medical Center.

Florida car enthusiasts may be interested to learn that Tesla Motors continued to see their shares fall after a third fire in their Model S luxury vehicle was confirmed. According to the report, the high-end electric car company saw their stock fall nine percent, or $13.40, on Nov. 7. This decline followed a 15 percent plunge just the day before. The third fire in the company’s Model S vehicle occurred on Nov. 6 near Smyrna,

According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, an elderly man was killed in a Jacksonville car wreck on Oct. 30. The accident occurred when a woman who was eastbound on Martin Luther King Parkway turned her Chevrolet S-10 left onto Moncrief Road and into the path of an oncoming Jeep Wrangler. Investigators stated that she failed to see the vehicle before making the turn. The Jeep collided with the Chevrolet, which caused both

According to findings by Allstate Insurance Company, pedestrian accidents in Florida increase on average about 23 percent the week of Halloween each year. Allstate released this conclusion after examining claims from the last five years, which revealed the dramatic increase. However, this is not the highest increase experienced in pedestrian accidents from one week to the next. Christmas week brings an increase of 30 percent. Thanksgiving week shows an increase of 20 percent on average.

A pickup truck struck three children who were about to board a school bus between Bowling Green and Wauchula. One of the children was airlifted to a hospital in Tampa, and the other two children sustained injuries due to the auto accident.